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Which PSB single has the most number of songs on their releases (7'', 12'', CD-maxi etc)?
I guess the 7'' + any other remix or version can only be counted as 2 maximum.
I've thought of I Get Along where we get:
I Get Along
Searching for THe Face of Jesus
Between Two Islands
Home and Dry (Blank & Jones remix)
A Red Letter Day (live)
Love Comes QUickly (live)
I Get Along (live)

7 songs, wow. Almost an album.

Yesterday When I Was Mad is another one with 7 songs:
Yesterday When I Was Mad 7''
I Love Were All
Can You Forgive Her (swing version)
Yesterday When I Was Mad (remix)
Some Speculation
Euroboy
Absolutely Fabulous (on the Australian release)

Se a vida é could be countes as havinfg 8 songs if we don't consider the double A-side release with To Step Aside as separate:
Se a vida é (7'')
Betrayed
How I Learned To Hate Rock'n'roll
To Step Aside
The Calm Before The Storm
Go West (on Japanese release)
Se a vida é (remix)
To Step Aside (remix)

Many releases have five songs:
7'' + three b-sides + remixes
Some releases (like Hom and Dry) have six songs: 7'' + 4 b-sides + remix.

Sorry. I Get Along has even more songs:
Friendly Fire and E-mail on the DVD-single, bringing the total up to nine songs.
And if we break Between Two Islands into two parts, separating the last minute or so into a cover of "I Want You", I Get Along has 10 songs on its release.

Greetings,

Another curious one would be...

1. Love Etc.
2. Did You See Me Coming?
3. We're All Criminals Now
4. Vulnerable
5. Love Etc. (PSB Sex Mix)
6. Gin And Jag
7. Gin And Jag (Frisky Mix)

Just a little reminder of that crazy time they included the 2nd single in the digital bundle of the 1st.

Retro.

retrofuturist wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 9:33 am Just a little reminder of that crazy time they included the 2nd single in the digital bundle of the 1st.

This happened exactly while my interest was moving (for some years) away from PSB...

How was this possible?
Do you remember if Did You See Me Coming? was already known to be the second single?
Or maybe at that time PSB had a different plan for Did You See Me Coming??

VRIDD wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 10:49 am

retrofuturist wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 9:33 am Just a little reminder of that crazy time they included the 2nd single in the digital bundle of the 1st.

This happened exactly while my interest was moving (for some years) away from PSB...

How was this possible?
Do you remember if Did You See Me Coming? was already known to be the second single?
Or maybe at that time PSB had a different plan for Did You See Me Coming??

They hadn't announced it yet, no. This song was also included (ahead of its release on Yes) on a free CD given away with one of the UK's best selling Sunday newspapers. I imagine they were still thinking All Over the World would be the second single at this point, but who knows what Parlophone was up to.

Not “Love etc.” being the only great single released from that album… obviously the era itself and the album aren’t as bad as the single run.

Ramzy wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 12:02 pm They hadn't announced it yet, no. This song was also included (ahead of its release on Yes) on a free CD given away with one of the UK's best selling Sunday newspapers. I imagine they were still thinking All Over the World would be the second single at this point, but who knows what Parlophone was up to.

Thanks!

I guess the first single release with many songs was Where The Streets/My Eyes Off You. Partially because the title track is a merger of two songs:
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Seriously
Streets (remix)
Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
I Want a Dog (Techno Funk)
Seriously (classical reprise)

If we consider the US separate release of Seriously as part of the same single release there are even more songs:
It's Alright (7'')
We All Feel Better In The Dark
Being Boring (M Jefferson mix)
What Have I Done To Deserve This

A total of 10 or 11 songs.

This is all giving autistic special interest in the most amusing way.

Future Lover wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 6:52 pm This is all giving autistic special interest in the most amusing way.

I fear we are minutes away from another arbitrary "lost album" tracklist...

Ramzy wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 12:02 pm

VRIDD wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 10:49 am

retrofuturist wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 9:33 am Just a little reminder of that crazy time they included the 2nd single in the digital bundle of the 1st.

This happened exactly while my interest was moving (for some years) away from PSB...

How was this possible?
Do you remember if Did You See Me Coming? was already known to be the second single?
Or maybe at that time PSB had a different plan for Did You See Me Coming??

They hadn't announced it yet, no. This song was also included (ahead of its release on Yes) on a free CD given away with one of the UK's best selling Sunday newspapers. I imagine they were still thinking All Over the World would be the second single at this point, but who knows what Parlophone was up to.

I may have remembered this wrong in some way, but I seem to remember that there was a general assumption it would be All Over the World from fans, but then the boys appeared on a show with Graham Norton (not the the usual Friday night one but something else on a Saturday).

There was some gentle innuendo-based joshing going on, which somehow managed to tee up the question from GN "so what's the next single?" To which Neil replied "did you see me coming?" which at the time felt like a cheap laugh, but then it sort of committed them to that choice for the second single.

However I don't know whether we ever got to the bottom of whether this was maybe GN knowing they had decided on Did you see me coming? and pouncing on the opportunity to get a laugh and the announcement in at the same time, or whether it was Neil being unable to resist making the joke on the spur of the moment and thus committing them to it.

But now I write this out, I can't help but think that perhaps I must have dreamed this, so someone please correct me....

Sorry for the continued OT of what was already an interesting thread...

In working away so can’t check the relevant Literally, but I’m sure PSB never thought of Did You See Me Coming as being a single but Parliphone wanted it. They made a comment that had this been the case, or planned, it wouldnt have been included on the Daily Mail (or was it Sunday Mai) CD

Did You See Me Coming is the type of middle-aged, sultry pop that very much suited them at the time. Love it and the filmclip.

Can't say it was a mistake single, even if there were other choices. All Over The World still got its single mix on Christmas.

It wasn't a mistake single in and of itself, but it was the most slapdash single release to that point. There was nothing remotely exclusive or special about it when it had been a bonus track on the previous single and featured on a free Sunday newspaper CD. So, it felt very cheap and disposable at the time. I liked the Possibly More mix, mind, and that 8-bit remix.

The expectation in early 2009 - especially after the Brits performance - was that All Over The World would be the second single. Why include it in the singles medley if not for exposure? But this was late-era Parlophone...

All Over The World was relegated to, effectively, b-side status by Christmas. It may be utterly bombastic and calculatedly commercial, and it may threaten to self-combust at any moment in a huge puff of ridiculousness, but the ludicrous crescendo where we all join Neil, Chris, Hannibal, and the elephants crossing the Alps cracks me up every time.

Absolutely wasted by Parlophone.

Drico.

TwizzleUK wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 7:45 pm

Future Lover wrote: Sat 10 Jan 2026, 6:52 pm This is all giving autistic special interest in the most amusing way.

I fear we are minutes away from another arbitrary "lost album" tracklist...

You got it. Time to find that wall!